WATCH: Cameraman Randy Mennie managed to get some shots of the Moon taking a bite out of the Sun during this afternoon’s partial solar eclipse. Cameraman Jonathan Bartlett got these shots on Vancouver Island.
The clouds parted just enough over Metro Vancouver today to catch today’s astronomical phenomenon.
The eclipse was visible across most of Canada, but the West Coast was the best place to watch it.
The next big solar event visible in North America will be in August of 2017 when we’ll have a total eclipse of the Sun.
Today’s solar eclipse comes just two weeks after a total lunar eclipse.
This year, Canada has had three eclipses: a total lunar eclipse on April 15; a total lunar eclipse on Oct. 8 and today’s solar eclipse.
Solar eclipses occur when the moon passes between Earth and the Sun. It’s not the Moon itself that’s causing us to see the eclipse, but rather it’s the shadow of the Moon that we’re seeing.
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